David W. Deeds: Flat Classroom Projects

Flat Classroom
Projects Overview
Peterson Schools
Professional Development
April 11, 2013
NEXT ROUND OF DEADLINES!
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Flat Classroom Projects Overview
All links:
Colegios Peterson (Technology) Blog:
http://colegiospeterson.edublogs.org/page
/4/
Page 4. Blog’s being used for the NAIS
Challenge 20/20 Project.
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What do you think “Flat Classroom”
means?
Take a guess…
or two.
http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/
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Means two things:
• To decrease the classroom hierarchy so
teachers and students learn from each
other, students learn from each other
• To eliminate geographical boundaries so
the entire world is your classroom and
everyone is your fellow teacher/student
Of course, TECHNOLOGY is how it’s done!
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Founded by Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis
flatclassroomproject.net, flatclassrooms.ning.com,
flatclassroomconference.com, @flatclassroom, #flatclass
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Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds
Available from Amazon, as a Kindle Edition!
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List three ways you could “flatten” your
classrooms.
List three ways you could “globalize” your
classrooms.
What part(s) would technology play?
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Flat Classroom Components:
• Flat Classroom Conferences & Workshops
(onground, costs)
• Flat Classroom Certified Teacher Program
(online, costs)
• Net Generation Education Project (online,
free)
• Digiteen Project (online, free)
• Eracism Project (online, free)
• A Week in the Life Project (online, free)
• Building Bridges Project (online, free)
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Flat Classroom Conferences and
Workshops
http://www.flatclassroom-project.net/flat-
classroomreg-project.html
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Flat Classroom Conferences
and Workshops
• Onground 1-2 times/year
•http://www.flatclassroom-
project.net/flat-classroomreg-
project.html
• Kids from around the world
get together to collaborate
• High or middle school
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Flat Classroom Certified Teacher Program
http://fcpteacher.flatclassroomproject.org/
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• 14-week online course, challenging!
• http://fcpteacher.flatclassroomproject.org/
• $500 each or $2000 for 5 teachers
• Create your own global project with other
students around the world
• Learn global collaboration and pedagogy
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What would you want to learn from the Flat
Classroom Certified Teacher Program?
What would you want your project to be?
How would you connect the course to your
work?
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Net Generation Education Project
http://netgened.org
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• Online, synchronous and asynchronous
• http://netgened.org
• Students construct Personal Learning
Networks (PLNs) to cover all points of the
learning process
• Teacher – student interaction
• High (maybe upper middle) school
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What would you use for your PLN? A wiki,
ning, blog, etc.? Why?
What would you and your students use PLNs
for?
PLN example: http://www.scoop.it/t/3d-
virtual-worlds-educational-technology
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Digiteen Project
http://www.digiteen.org
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Digiteen Project
• http://www.digiteen.org
• Students construct Personal Learning
Networks (PLNs) to cover all points of the
learning process
• Student – student interaction
• Upper elementary, middle/high school
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Digiteen Project
How could you fit this into your current
curriculum?
What would your students use PLNs for?
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Eracism Project
http://www.eracismproject.org/
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Eracism Project
• http://www.eracismproject.org/
• Students debate racism issues via
VoiceThread
• Finals in a 3D virtual world!
• Middle and high school
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Eracism Project
curriculum?
How would you handle debates online?
What do you think about having the finals in
a 3D virtual world?
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A Week in the Life Project
http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/a-week-
in-the-life-project.html
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• http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/a-
week-in-the-life-project.html
• Students build online learning community
• Multimedia productions depict life in
different countries
• Upper elementary school
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curriculum?
How would students leverage their existing
multimedia skills? How would they
improve them?
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Building Bridges to Tomorrow Project
http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/k-2-
building-bridges.html
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• http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/k-2-
building-bridges.html
• Students build online learning community
• Multimedia productions depict life in
different countries
• K-2 students
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curriculum?
How would students leverage their existing
multimedia skills? How would they
improve them?
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Deadlines:
http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/
Onground Conference: NOW! July in Hawaii!
Certified Teacher: September 1, 2013
NetGenEd: February 2014 (once a year)
Digiteen: September 15, 2013
Eracism: September 7, 2013
A Week in the Life: September 1, 2013
Building Bridges: September 15, 2013
Interested? Think about it and let me know!
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Thank you for your attention!
Questions/Comments?
ddeeds@peterson.edu.mx
The deadlines are months away, but it’s a
good idea to start planning now. If you’re
interested, let me know and we can get
start getting things set up for next year
now.
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